Google Wants Spirit Airlines’ Data. A Startup Just Outbid Its $10 Million Offer
Google won an auction to buy Spirit Airlines' data for $10 million, but a startup has now offered more. The data includes internal documents, emails, and software code. People have raised concerns about employee privacy.
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4 sourcesGoogle Bid $10M For Spirit Airlines Data, Employee Privacy Concerns Raised
AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer
Google Is Buying Spirit Airlines Data For $10 Million. The Flight Attendants Object.
Google's bid for Spirit's data is a reminder that your work emails aren't really yours
Google is paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines' emails and data to train AI
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11 sourcesGoogle Wants Spirit Airlines’ Data. A Startup Just Outbid Its $10 Million Offer
Spirit Airlines Is Gone. Its 40-Year Data Trail May Still Shape How Travelers Buy Flights
Google plans to use defunct Spirit Airlines files to train AI models
Google Paid $10 Million for Spirit Airlines’ Data. It Isn’t Getting 97.5 Million Passenger Profiles
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1 sourceGoogle buys 100 million Spirit Airlines emails and 500 million teams chats for $10 million to train AI models
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1 articleSpirit Airlines Is Dead, but Its Data Will Haunt Google’s Servers for Generations to Come
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The story so far
4 developments- Aug 17Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models
- Aug 18Google Paid $10 Million for Spirit Airlines’ Data. It Isn’t Getting 97.5 Million Passenger Profiles
- Aug 19Spirit Airlines Is Gone. Its 40-Year Data Trail May Still Shape How Travelers Buy Flights
- Aug 20AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer
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Quiet for 58 daysLast development · Aug 20 — AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer